El Niño impacts timing/volume on grape and stone fruit imports
The market has plenty of average grapes right now. Domenic Russo, VP of sales for Summit Produce Inc. notes that Eastern cold storage supply is increasing while importers are starting to hold red grapes as they expect arrivals to be down in the upcoming weeks. “Right now, arrivals are 2:1 green to red. Market conditions, because of the California green crop, are 3:1 green to red,” he
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